Bio Midterm Review #1

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What characteristic of life is represented by a baby songbird hatching from its egg with both parent songbirds watching?

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All living things reproduce.

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What is the most basic unit of life?

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Cell.

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What do all living things have, as demonstrated by you being a multi-celled organism and an amoeba being a single-celled organism?

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All living things have cells.

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What is the term for what the scientist thinks will be affected in an experiment, which is observed or measured?

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Dependent variable.

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What are the factors that do not change during an experiment called?

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Constants.

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What is the process by which living things maintain a stable internal environment?

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Homeostasis.

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What is the term for the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment?

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Independent variable.

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What is the term for a testable prediction in an experiment?

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Hypothesis.

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What is the term for a group in an experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment?

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Control group.

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What is the term for the smallest unit of an organism that can carry out all life processes?

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Cell.